News and Features
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Choate Commemorates Life of Mother Enslaved at Wallingford’s Historic Houses
By Christian Metzger in CT Insider on June 3, 2024 WALLINGFORD — Choate Rosemary Hall held a ceremony to commemorate two witness stones memorializing the lives of two slaves once held at Squire Stanley house, one of the oldest buildings in Wallingford that is now incorporated into the school’s campus grounds. Kate and Mina,…
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Our Work in Guilford Continues
We gathered in Guilford on June 6, 2024, to remember Bristol. He is an ancestor of Witness Stones Project Chair Pat Pheanious. The installation was preceded by a talk at Guilford Free Library.
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Cesar Peters Honored in Hebron, Connecticut
Students from RHAM Middle School gathered with descendants and the Hebron, Connecticut, community to share the story of Cesar Peters.
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Conversation Club at the Stanley-Whitman House
Join the Stanley-Whitman House as they welcome guest Witness Stones Project Director of Operations Liz Lightfoot for a workshop that will take participants through an intro to the history of slavery in Connecticut and then a discussion of the five themes developed by Dennis Culliton, Founder of Witness Stones Project. Then, explore/interpret documents related to…
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Witness Stones Installation Ceremony
By Dana Jensen in The Day on May 31, 2024 Old Lyme ― A ceremony was held at Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library Friday to recognize 10 more Witness Stones being placed at the Lyme Library. The Witness Stones program started in Old Lyme in 2020. The group now has a total of 48 stones in Lyme…
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‘Witness Stones’ Installation Ceremony Held in Old Lyme for 10 Plaques Honoring Enslaved Persons in Lyme
In LymeLine.com on May 30, 2024 OLD LYME – ‘Witness Stones Old Lyme’ will expand its project in 2024 to honor 10 enslaved persons, who labored in the Town of Lyme—historically known as North Lyme. Ten new Witness Stones—historical plaques commemorating the lives of enslaved African Americans—will be placed in late May at the Lyme Public…
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Agency and Ownership: The Story of Anthony and Susanna, Two Enslaved Africans in 17th Century New York
Click here for access to the May 30, 2024 presentation by Historic Huguenot Street Tour & Interpretation Manager, Eddie Moran, who guides attendees through an array of 17th century documents to reveal the powerful story of Anthony and Susanna, two enslaved Africans purchased by Louis Dubois in late 1673, and their tale of agency and…
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Witness Stone Honors Enslaved New Havener
By Kate Goodwin and Jonathan Q. Berryman in the New Haven Independent on May 23, 2024 On May 21, James Hillhouse High School students, faculty, and community members gathered in front of City Hall’s Amistad Memorial to unveil a Witness Stone to Jack Woolsey, who was enslaved in New Haven in the 1790s. Jack Woolsey was…
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Remembering Peg Lyon and Anthony Green
By Teresa Vega on May 17, 2024, at the Knapp House in Rye, New York Vega delivered the following remarks at the Witness Stone installation ceremony honoring her fourth great-grandparents Peg Lyon and Anthony Green. Today, as we gather in the spirit of kinship and remembrance, it is fitting to reflect on our rich…
